DfT warned against stifling innovation

Chiltern Railways has told the Department for Transport that a tight tender specification will restrict the benefits it can offer in its bid to take over Birmingham Snow Hill services.

“There is a clear implication that there are operational synergies to be had by combining the Snow Hill services with Chiltern,” the company said in its response to the DfT’s West Midlands franchise consultation. “It is very important that the base case specification for the Snow Hill...